Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or anything else.

It's his first day of first grade at his new school and everyone is staring at him. The teacher, who's name Nico really doesn't remember is introducing him to the class and doing a terrible job of it. She tells them that his name is Nico and he moved here from Italy. Please be nice to him and does anyone have any questions for him? Nico didn't know he'd have to answer questions but then the hands of his new classmates are shooting up and he doesn't really know how to say no. Flustered, he chooses one of the kids sat closest who's hand is wiggling in the air ,"Do you speak English?"

Nico thinks this question is stupid but he doesn't say so. Instead he has to explain that his dad is from America and so he grew up with his parents speaking Italian and English and so yes he speaks English. The next question is does he speak Italian? The question after that is if he speaks English why does he still sound Italian? Nico just figures that he's lucky no one made any Mario jokes. The teacher sits him between two boys named Leo and Will and goes on to teach the class.

It doesn't take long for Nico to adjust. He learns a lot in his first week, like for some reason his classmates like to hear him say different words in his accent and that he's not very good at making new friends. It's not that he doesn't try, it's just that everyone already has their friends and he doesn't like the sports the boys play or the games the girls play. He ends up playing by himself most recesses but he doesn't really mind.

He also learns that Leo Valdez is very loud and likes to shout in his ear when he isn't getting in trouble and that Will Solace is- well, Nico is suspicious of him.

Nico's dad once said that he's suspicious of Nico's uncle, Poseidon Jackson. Nico had asked what suspicious means and his dad had said that it means you don't trust someone because they're behaviour is questionable. Nico thinks Will's behaviour is very questionable. Will smiles a lot and is always telling Nico he likes his crayon drawings and sometimes he bothers Nico at recess and asks if he'll play with his friends. Nico is very suspicious of him and tells this to his older sister, Bianca. Bianca sighs at him and ruffles his hair in a way that he'll never admit to liking , "He's just being nice, Neeks". Nico wrinkles his nose at her. It's not the answer that he wanted. He thinks if he told his dad he'd definitely agree with him but the problem is that he hasn't seen his dad much since they moved. He works all the time and Bianca says this is his way of dealing with his grief but Nico doesn't like to think about that because then he has to think about that.

Either way Nico doesn't listen to Bianca and remains suspicious of Will Solace until Christmas.

At Christmas Nico's dad gets him a card game called Mythomagic. Bianca has to read him the instructions and teach him how to play but once he learns he's fascinated. It's only kind of the coolest thing he's ever played ever. The only problem is that Bianca gets tired of playing with him so he ends up playing by himself a lot which isn't as fun. He brings them to school and tries to get someone to play with him. Leo tries but can't pay attention long enough to learn. Everyone else just thinks it's dumb because it's not Pokemon.

Then there's Will who Nico doesn't want to play with because of reasons he's already explained. Desperate times call for desperate measures though and he ends up cracking. He spends 3 whole recesses trying to teach Will how to play Mythomagic. At first he's pretty sure Will is only pretending to pay attention but by the end of the first recess it seems like he's actually interested. They start actually playing the next day and Nico is kind of ecstatic because wow! Will actually gets it. They play it almost daily for months and when Will invites Nico to his birthday Nico makes sure to get him his very own set of cards as a present.

They're not best friends or anything but by the end of first grade Nico is thinking that Will Solace isn't suspicious at all, in fact he's actually pretty cool.

AN:

So this is literally just going to be Nico and Will growing up together. I'm probably going to be the only one to get any kind of amusement from it. But if i don't indulge myself with pointless cute fics then what's the point.

Thanks for reading.